Casabianca (ship name)

Casabianca is the name of a number of warships and submarines used by the French Navy . The name goes back to the French naval officer Louis de Casabianca .

• Casa Bianca (1895) was a French torpedo cruiser of D'Iberville class . The cruiser was 1913 minelayer rebuilt and in that capacity in the First World War used. The ship ran in the night of June 3 to 4, 1915 off Smyrna on its own sea ​​mine and sank.
• Casabianca (Q 183) : The Casabianca (Q 183) was an Agosta-class submarine during World War II . The boat was decommissioned in 1952.
• Casabianca (S603) : a Rubis-class nuclear submarine ( SSN ) from 1987.

Web links

• www.naval-history.net - Casabianca (1895)
• www.logovox.com - Casabianca (1895)
• uboat.net - Casabianca (1937)
• naval-technology.com - Rubis class (1983)

literature

• Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
• Werner Globke (ed.): Weyers Flottentaschenbuch / Warships of the World - Fleet Handbook , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 66th year 2005-2007, ISBN 3-7637-4517-3